LD BYPOLL TWO

The West Bengal by-elections are being viewed as a dress
rehersal for the 2010 Assembly polls in the state.

Saturday's by-polls are considered politically crucial as
the outcome will reflect whether the ruling Left Front, that
suffered a series of setbacks in some recent polls, is able to
reverse the trend.
It will also show whether the Left parties have been able
to put a check on the string of successes achieved by the
Trinamool Congress-Congress electoral alliance.
Over 15 per cent voters turned up in the initial hours in
the bypolls in Kannur, Ernakulam and Alappuzha Assembly
constituencies in the southern state Kerala, another
Left-ruled state.
The bypolls, necessitated following resignation of
Congress MLAs on their getting elected to Lok Sabha, have
gained importance as the CPI(M)-led ruling LDF sees it as an
opportunity to boost its sagging morale after the Left Front's
dismal show in the May Lok Sabha polls. The Congress-led UDF
is leaving no stone unturned to ensure victory in these seats.
The fight in Kannur has received greater attention than
the other two seats with Congress putting up former CPI-M MP A
P Abdullakutty against Marxist warhorse M V Jayarajan.
In Rohroo and Jawali assembly seats of Himachal Pradesh,
about 15 per cent polling was recorded.
Bypoll in the two assembly seats is taking place due to
resignation of Union Steel minister Virbhadra Singh and BJP MP
from Kangra Rajan Sushant respectively.
Singh had represented the seat, which is part of his
Bushare royalty, for past 19 years beforing moving to Delhi.
In Rohroo, a polling party travelled at least 14 km from
the nearest motorable road to reach the booth at Pandar in the
interiors of Dodra Kawar. (MORE) PTI TEAM
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